Garland Globe Sat Issue Promises Local News
The Garland Globe announces a weekly Saturday edition delivering community updates from Garland and surrounding areas. Readers are invited to stay informed on local events, schedules, and notices.
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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1908
Page
2
The Garland Globe announces a weekly Saturday edition delivering community updates from Garland and surrounding areas. Readers are invited to stay informed on local events, schedules, and notices.
One year in advance six months or three months subscription options. Advertising rates furnished on application. J A Wixom editor and manager.
Mrs J Sherman wife of vice presidential candidate James Schoolcraft Sherman is noted as a brilliant conversationalist with keen intellect. In Utica the Sherman home on Geneseo avenue features a large estate, flowers, greenhouses, and an ideal housekeeper who preserves preserves and manages marketing. Born in her current town she is the daughter of L H Babcock a prominent lawyer and studied at Urena seminary Balliol school and Col Eliakim Sherrill of the One Hundred and Twenty-Sixth New York.
The article sketches Mrs. Sherman's extended family including Col. Sherrill, Emily F. Dredge, and descendants tied to Pocahontas. It notes Taft and Sherman’s anticipated return to Washington in November, with Mrs. Sherman, her mother, and sisters planning a season there. The Sherman household is described as happy, popular in Washington, and known for informal hospitality at the New Willard amid health issues.
The text notes Boston residents favor worship of the god Piah and view cats as integral to households while Egyptians see cats as crucial to happiness. It also records debate in Boston over cats as disease carriers and bird destroyers, with some society members opposing the feline presence.
Forest fires in the Elko valley have destroyed six towns along the Crown Nest branch of the Canadian Pacific railroad in southeastern British Columbia. Fernie and Michel are listed with large losses and thousands homeless as residents flee to open country. One hundred square miles burned and hundreds of lives feared lost amid raging flames fed by a strong west wind.
The Dutch cruiser Gelderland arrived from La Guaira Venezuela. Its commander says a boat was sent ashore with an officer but communication with the shore was refused. Officials declined to accept Jeotter bags and a communication to the German minister. Weywesvel is preparing defenses as Holland is believed to act promptly.
John Anderson shot and killed farmer J A Morrell and Morrell's housekeeper at Blackberry Center, Aurora. After the killings Anderson died by suicide with a shotgun. He had been drinking heavily and was reportedly mentation troubled. Morrell had treated him as a friend rather than a worker.
Portland jury acquits ex state senator R A Booth of Eugene James Booth ex receiver at Roseburg and Thomas E B Singleton after nineteen hour deliberation on a conspiracy to defraud the government of 160 acres in Doughar county. Government failures may lead to dismissal of related complaints.
New Paris aviator New York Henri Farman opened his United States tour with an exhibition at Brighton Beach race track. The event drew about 2,000 spectators and showed Farman could fly a third of a mile in roughly thirty seconds under favorable weather.
Mrs. Anna Miskus aged 107 died at her grandson Julius Anixter’s home after a long life marked by a vow not to worry. A prominent settlement worker, she retained faculties to the end and is survived by forty grandchildren. Born in Maryneple Poland, she vowed never to worry in her youth.
Report notes widespread blaze from Fernie to Cranbrook area, with 6 000 to 7 000 people displaced. Losses in Fernie described as the greatest in the wheat region, with relief efforts from Winnipeg Vancouver and Nelson under way. Death toll warned to rise, possibly 400 or more amid escaped prisoners and returning refugees.
At Chicago's first national convention the Independence party nominated Thomas J. Hisgen for president and John Temple Graves for vice president on the third and unanimous ballots respectively. A Kan sas delegate nearly caused a riot by attempting to place William J Bryan's name in nomination.
A devastating eastern Kootenai wildfire from Cranbrook to near Brank Alberta left 170 dead and 6000 homeless. Fernie and nearby towns were destroyed or severely damaged with property losses around 5.4 million dollars, origin traced to Cedar Valley Lumber slashings. Insurance companies nationwide show interest but details are unavailable.
Spokane Washington sent the first relief to Fernie refugees. Over 2 000 people were cared for at Cranbrook as Spokane citizens dispatched a special car with tents clothing 8000 loaves of bread 150 gallons of milk and other food. A mass meeting raised over 1000 in minutes and a relief committee was formed to fund and ship ongoing aid.
Amid the Fernie BC forest fire, residents begin clearing ruins and pitching tents. Men spearhead relief and missing-person checks as plans form to construct a new and better town once materials arrive. women and children are scarce in the canvas-village setup.
A second fatal automobile crash in 48 hours struck San Francisco when a large tonneau with five women and two children tumbled down a steep embankment near Burnagame. Five died and two were injured. The deceased include Mrs. Thomas McCormick Miss Clara McCormick Mrs. Ira G. O'Dirien and infant, and Ira G. O'Brien Jr aged 3.
George A. Pettibone longtime leader in the Western Federation of Miners died at St Josephs hospital after cancer surgery. He had been ill since confinement in an Idaho prison prior to the famed murder trials at Boise.
At the convention tensions flared as a guarded vice chairman Mr Hearst faced assaults from delegates. Charles A. Walsh of New York was chosen permanent chairman after credentials and rules committees reported. The platform was adopted and speeches limited to five minutes per speaker.
Chicago Republican leaders announce Frederick W. Upham of Chicago as assistant treasurer with Frank H. Hitchcock as chairman and George R. Sheldon as national treasurer. Offices for Hitchcock and associates secured in the Harvester building on Michigan Avenue near the Auditorium Annex, across from Democratic headquarters.
Reports from Canton describe heartrending scenes after Monday night’s typhoon. Thousands of Chinese drowned as the storm and its shipping damage surpass the 1906 typhoon. Returns indicate heavy losses to European shipping and over a hundred native vessels wrecked.
Chicago Chairman Mack of the Democratic National Committee announced a branch headquarters will open in Denver during the last month of the presidential campaign. James B Osbhorne will be the in charge, with Mack returning to Buffalo to decide on a chairman candidate for the executive committee.
The dispute stems from President Da vila canceling exequaturs of foreign consuls at Celba including American consul Drew Linard and vice consuls of France and Norway. Washington argues the officials deny any improper acts and only relayed the revolutionists' demand to the Honduran commandant, causing friction as neutrality efforts continue.
A Friday cloudburst in the Oak and Coal Creek headwaters sent a torrent through Florence Rockvale and Williamsburg, washing out bridges and causing at least 100000 dollars in damage. Mrs. J Burns was rescued in serious condition, with livestock losses on nearby truck farms.
Coroner Mack reports Rush Medical College pathologist Dr. Walter Haines found arsenic and strychnine in the stomachs of Mrs. Gunness and two children, linking to the Helgelien death. Attorney Worden argues the findings show Lamphere could not have caused the deaths and was not an accomplice.
A conference on the Panama Canal Zone conditions and relations with Panama was held at Sagamore Hill Friday night. Secretary of War Wright and Isthmian Canal Commission head Joseph Bishop joined the president to discuss the Panama matters. The group reviewed the situation in Panama.
London report says the shah and entourage are greatly disturbed by the Turkish constitutional revival. The shah plans to postpone the election to avoid appearing to imitate the constitutional movement, according to The Times Tehran correspondent.
In Philadelphia two men Charles Humphreys chief clerk of pollen and Harry B Bromiley upholsterers materials were struck and killed by an inbound express after driving a large touring car onto Reading railway tracks near Hunting Park Avenue. Portions of their bodies lay along the rails for about 100 yards making identification difficult.
State Coal Mine Inspector Noah Young reported to Governor Brooks that Union Pacific Coal Co violated mine laws in rushing to reopen a Hanna mine entry after a fire causing the March disaster that killed fifty nine men. He urges sealing the mine as a tomb for unrecovered bodies.
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